WAKING UP ... TO FIND PART OF YOUR BASEMENT IS GONE! A 30 FOOT DEEP SINKHOLE.... OPENED UP BELOW A HOME IN NORWOOD TODAY. SWALLOWING SOME OF ITS CONTENTS. THE PROBLEM HAS TO DO WITH A SEWER LINE.. RUNNING UNDER THE HOME. WLWT NEWS FIVE'S BRIAN HAMRICK.... JOINS US LIVE.. WITH WHAT HAPPENS NOW! BRIAN. CREWS HAVE BEEN OUT HERE ALL DAY... THEY'RE STILL WORKING ON IT TONIGHT. AFTER THIS SEWER COLLAPSED... UNDER THE EDGE OF THAT APARTMENT BUILDING.... RESIDENTS HERE SAID IT LEFT A HOLE SO BIG... YOU COULD DRIVE A VAN INTO IT. BENEATH THIS APARTMENT BUILDING ... SOMETHING CREATED A PROBLEM... BUT - NOTHING -IS-- THE PROBLEM... (Justice munoz/renter "and there was 35 feet of nothing but nothing...") JUSTICE MUNOZ RENTS AN APARTMENT HERE... HE SAYS THE BASEMENT FILLED UP WITH WATER ... KILLING THE POWER THEN THE SINK HOLE STARTED ACTING MORE LIKE A BLACK HOLE. (Justice munoz/renter "I noticed I bought a new mattress with box springs... and it sucked it down the hole... I don't know where it went...") WHAT HAPPENED IS ... A HUGE SEWER LINE RUNNING UNDERNEATH THE HOUSE COLLAPSED CAUSING THE SINK HOLE. THIS IS ACTUALLY THE SECOND ONE HERE .... BACK IN JANUARY AN ELDERLY COUPLE MOVED OUT AFTER A SMALLER HOLE DAMAGED THE EMERGENCY STAIRWAY. (Mike Pittinger/msd "we wouldn't build sewers like that today unfortunately it was common place a hundred years ago...") MIKE PITTINGER IS WITH MSD... HE SAYS THEY FIGURED OUT THE PROBLEM THE FIRST GO-ROUND BUT THE SOLUTION JUST GOT APPROVAL IN AN EMERGENCY REQUEST TO BUY THE PROPERTY. (Mike Pittinger/msd "it was pretty clear at the time... the best alternative was to actually purchase the house and tear it down. and complete the repair unobstructed. ") IT LEAVES JUSTICE MUNOZ... ON THE MOVE ... CONFUSED... AND EMOTIONAL... (Justice munoz/renter "I'll make it ... I'm a strong man... but I don't understand the concept of this world anymore...") SO NOTHING WILL BE LEFT WERE THE APARTMENT BUILDING IS NOW... HELPING TO SOLVE A PROBLEM THAT STARTED BECAUSE OF NOTHING. THEY DID FIND THAT COUPLE SOMEWHERE ELSE TO LIVE. MEANWHILE... TEARING DOWN THE HOUSE ... THE FIX IS GOING TO COST COST ABOUT 125 THOUSAND DOLLARS... LEAVING THE HOUSE STAND... THE COST WOULD HAVE BEEN ALMOST A HALF MILLION DOLLARS. LIVE BRIAN HAMRICK ... WLWT... NEWS FIVE. M-S-D DOES NOT HAVE A TIMELINE FOR BUYING THE HOUSE AND M-S-D DOES NOT HAVE A TIMELINE FOR BUYING THE HOUSE AND DEMOLISHING IT. NEW DETAILS TONIGHT ON THE